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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,444 6,439 64.9 63.3-66.4 1,587 15.8 14.7-17.0 1,418 19.4 18.0-20.8
-Piedmont NC 4,049 2,729 66.4 64.2-68.6 690 15.2 13.7-16.9 630 18.4 16.6-20.4
GENDER
Male 1,530 985 65.2 61.6-68.7 204 12.4 10.1-15.1 341 22.4 19.4-25.6
Female 2,519 1,744 67.6 64.8-70.2 486 17.9 15.9-20.0 289 14.6 12.5-17.0
RACE
White 2,971 2,070 69.4 66.8-71.8 516 16.2 14.4-18.3 385 14.4 12.6-16.5
African American 817 553 68.5 63.7-72.9 152 16.3 13.1-20.1 112 15.2 11.9-19.3
Other Minorities 202 77 38.9 29.7-49.0 19 5.7 3.0-10.8 106 55.4 45.3-65.0
AGE
18-24 245 124 50.2 41.3-59.1 39 15.4 9.6-23.7 82 34.4 26.6-43.2
25-34 638 365 59.0 53.6-64.2 83 11.4 8.7-14.9 190 29.6 24.8-34.8
35-44 847 560 69.6 65.2-73.7 123 11.1 8.8-13.9 164 19.3 15.7-23.4
45-54 815 595 73.0 68.3-77.3 130 14.9 11.8-18.6 90 12.1 8.9-16.2
55-64 613 449 75.4 70.4-79.9 111 16.3 12.6-20.7 53 8.3 5.7-11.9
65-74 469 339 71.6 65.6-76.9 98 21.3 16.7-26.8 32 7.1 4.3-11.5
75+ 390 274 66.9 60.1-73.0 101 29.0 23.1-35.7 15 4.1 2.1- 8.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 591 369 57.1 51.0-63.0 95 13.3 10.1-17.3 127 29.6 24.1-35.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,076 735 67.7 63.3-71.8 172 13.6 11.0-16.7 169 18.7 15.3-22.7
Some Post-H.S. 952 641 67.6 62.8-72.1 178 17.0 13.6-21.1 133 15.4 12.0-19.5
College Graduate 1,414 973 69.4 65.9-72.7 243 15.9 13.4-18.7 198 14.7 12.2-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 363 214 53.8 45.6-61.7 69 18.2 13.3-24.3 80 28.0 20.8-36.6
$15,000- 24,999 666 396 59.4 53.5-65.0 98 9.7 7.4-12.6 172 30.9 25.6-36.8
$25,000- 34,999 403 287 70.9 63.8-77.1 54 10.9 7.4-15.8 62 18.2 13.0-24.9
$35,000- 49,999 546 396 73.7 68.1-78.6 94 14.8 11.2-19.3 56 11.5 7.9-16.3
$50,000-74,999 471 333 68.4 61.8-74.3 82 18.0 13.2-24.0 56 13.6 9.5-19.2
$75,000+ 661 501 76.4 71.4-80.8 90 12.2 9.3-15.7 70 11.4 8.0-16.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 313 67.7 62.3-72.7 78 15.8 12.2-20.2 63 16.5 12.7-21.2
Guilford 444 292 66.7 61.3-71.8 86 17.7 13.9-22.3 66 15.6 11.9-20.1
Mecklenburg 448 308 64.0 57.7-69.9 81 17.1 12.8-22.5 59 18.9 14.1-24.8
Orange 452 266 55.8 48.6-62.8 80 15.4 11.2-20.8 106 28.8 23.0-35.3
Wake 452 298 61.5 55.7-67.1 76 13.8 10.7-17.6 78 24.6 19.4-30.7
Chatham/Lee 400 266 62.2 55.8-68.3 72 16.3 12.5-21.1 62 21.5 16.2-27.8
Nash/Wilson 380 284 72.5 66.8-77.6 50 11.7 8.6-15.7 46 15.8 11.6-21.1
Craven/Pamlico 456 321 65.7 59.8-71.1 80 17.6 13.7-22.3 55 16.7 12.3-22.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 332 75.5 70.5-79.9 61 13.4 10.2-17.5 44 11.1 8.1-15.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 456 311 63.6 56.1-70.5 82 20.9 14.3-29.5 63 15.5 11.7-20.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 479 329 64.6 57.2-71.4 72 15.2 10.8-20.8 78 20.2 15.2-26.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 290 56.9 44.6-68.4 64 13.1 9.2-18.3 70 30.0 17.8-45.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 475 317 62.0 56.6-67.1 87 18.0 14.4-22.3 71 20.0 15.6-25.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 419 297 68.6 62.4-74.1 68 13.0 9.9-16.9 54 18.5 13.6-24.6
Northeast NC I 461 327 66.5 59.2-73.0 73 14.8 11.1-19.4 61 18.7 12.6-26.9
Northeast NC II 513 350 63.6 58.2-68.8 75 14.1 10.8-18.2 88 22.3 17.7-27.6
Northeastern Partnership 974 677 64.6 60.3-68.7 148 14.3 11.8-17.4 149 21.0 17.3-25.3
Mountain AHEC 1,306 888 64.8 60.6-68.8 226 17.1 14.4-20.2 192 18.1 14.8-21.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,318 2,274 61.2 58.2-64.1 546 16.5 14.5-18.8 498 22.3 19.6-25.2
Piedmont 4,049 2,729 66.4 64.2-68.6 690 15.2 13.7-16.9 630 18.4 16.6-20.4
Western NC 2,077 1,436 66.3 62.8-69.7 351 16.5 14.1-19.3 290 17.1 14.4-20.3

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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